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Obscure? Irrelevant? Moi?
It’s always difficult to persuade an elite that the great unwashed might have something useful to contribute. Looks like bloggers are no different. How many weblogs are there in the UK? 100,000? 200,000? While adoption hovers at less than 1% of the online audience, the promise of the form cannot be realised, even if the…
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Sleepless in the blogosphere
Thanks to The Guardian for two consecutive sleepless nights scoring dozens of Great British Weblogs. I’m in awe. Not a turkey among them. I’ve over-dosed on clever, useful, ironic, sometimes geeky and very often inspirational writing, lots of big-hearted link sharing (natch) and some fascinating new thinking on the web, user interfaces and computers. I…
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Brother, sister, mother and father
A Mother’s Love, The MetersAll Your Sisters, Mazzy StarBig Bayou, The Flying Burrito BrothersBroken Little Sister, Death In VegasBrother Can You Spare A Dime, George MichaelBrother John, Cannonball AdderleyChristine’s Tune, The Flying Burrito BrothersCome To Daddy, Mummy Mix, Aphex TwinDivine Mother, Jah WobbleEndless Grey Ribbon, The Corn SistersEvery Day Is Christmas, The Webb BrothersGonna Die…
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Miss, Mr and Mrs
I Don’t Want Your Millions Mister, Pete SeegerMiss Chatelaine, kd langMiss Lucifer, Primal ScreamMiss Punta Blanca, Jane SiberryMiss Sadie Mae, John Lee HookerMiss Sarajevo, George MichaelMr E’s Beautiful Remix (Butch ‘n’ Joey Remix), EelsMr Gold and Mr Mud, Townes Van ZandtMr Jones, Counting CrowsMr Soul (very rare live), Neil Young with Booker T and the…
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Weblogs go mainstream. Some bloggers don’t like it
I’m busy judging entries to The Guardian’s Best British Blog competition. It’s not easy, not least (of course) because these things are weblogs so they’re full of interesting links. As a result, each weblog viewed produces half a dozen unrelated clicks. Early estimates suggest it’ll take me the rest of my life to form an…
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I’m and you’re
I’m Still In Love With You, Al GreenI’m the One (live), Average White BandI’m Waiting For The Day, Beach BoysI’m Only Sleeping, The BeatlesI’m Serious, Beenie ManYou’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Bob DylanI’m Taking My Audition To Sing Up In The Sky, Cap, Andy, And FlipYou’re So Vain, Carly SimonYou’re My Thrill,…
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Down by the River
Fall in a River, Badly Drawn BoyRiver Theme, Bob DylanThe River Hymn, The BandAfrican River, Abdullah IbrahimDam That River, Alice In ChainsDown By The River, Neil YoungFind The River, REMHarlem River Drive Theme, NuYoricaJet Black River, Frank Black and the CatholicsBig River, Johnny CashLet the River Run, Carly SimonMedley: The Loner/Cinnamon Girl/Down By The River,…
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Waltz
Bagatelles, Op. 6 – Waltz, Béla BartókLast Tango In Paris: Jazz Waltz, Gato BarbieriPueblo Waltz, Townes van ZandtSad Song Waltzes, CakeShadow Waltz, Zoot SimsTennessee Waltz, Hank WilliamsTennessee Waltz, Ella FitzgeraldThe Waltz Of The Angels, Lefty FrizzellThe Waltz Variation, Uri CaineWaltz, Toru TakemitsuWaltz For Koop, KoopZulema Waltz, Santiago Jimenez, Jr.Valse Hot, Sonny RollinsMedication Valse (One Flew…
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You want me to provide my own firewall?
I guess my main problem with Danny O’Brien’s thinking about running web-based services from home is a kind of category uneasiness. The kind of services Danny wants us to run belong, for me, to the same category as electricity, a working phone line, gas supply. They’re utilities and they need to work all the time.…
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Running web-based services from home
Danny O’Brien’s been talking about making good use of an always-on home connection to replace all those web-based services we’ve become dependent on and that are about to start charging. I’m looking forward to seeing his conclusions. So far I’ve got that ‘Apache installed here’ screen up on the Cube in our kitchen but I’d…